Zero bar

History

The Zero bar was initially named "Double Zero", intending to sound icy cool. The name was shortened to Zero in 1934. The coating melted at a higher temperature than brown chocolates,

Hollywood Brands was first sold to Consolidated Foods Corporation in 1967 (which later became Sara Lee) and production continued after a fire destroyed the Centralia plant in 1980. A new production facility opened in 1983, and in 1988 Hollywood Brands was purchased by Huhtamaki Oyj of Helsinki, Finland, and became part of Leaf, Inc.

Hershey Foods Corporation took over Leaf North America confectionery operations in 1996, and with it came the production of the Zero candy bar.

Variation and sale

The candy bar is sold in three different sizes. According to the official website, its traditional size is a singular bar at 1.85 oz, comparable to the traditional full-size Hershey Bar which is 1.55 oz. As of 2020, the candy bar can also be purchased in a king size at 3.4 oz. Finally, the candy is sold in a pack of 6 containing individually wrapped bars coming in at 1.85 oz.

Reviews

In October 2020, Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal of Good Mythical Morning deemed the Zero bar the "worst candy bar in the world" in a multi-day bracketed review of several different candy bars.

Some critics have deemed the bar as a "white chocolate Snickers", even though the Zero bar predates Snickers by a decade and its white coating does not contain cocoa butter, which makes it not technically qualify as white chocolate.

References

References

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